First you go to the check-in desk where they weigh your luggage. Usually you are permitted 20 kilos, but if your bags weigh more, you may have to pay excess baggage (=you pay extra). The airline representative checks your ticket and gives you a boarding card for the plane with your seat number on it. Then you go through the passport control where an official checks [NOT controls] your passport, and into the departure lounge. Here, you can also buy things in the duty-free, e.g. perfume, alcohol and cigarettes. About half an hour or forty minutes before take-off, you are told to go to a gate number, e.g. 14, where you get on the plane. When you board (=to get on) the plane, you find your seat. If you have hand luggage, you can put it under your seat or in the overhead locker above your seat.
The plane then taxis (=moves slowly) towards the runway, and when it has permission to take off, it accelerates along the runway and takes off.
During the flight you may want or need to understand certain announcements; these come from the captain (=the pilot) or from the flight attendants:
Please fasten your seat belt and put your seat in the upright position. We are now cruising (=flying comfortably) at an altitude (=height) of 10,000 metres.
May we remind passengers (=ask passenger to remember) that there is no smoking until you are inside the terminal building (=where passenger arrive and depart).
The cabin crew (=air stewards) are now coming round with landing cards (you sometimes have to fill it in when you enter certain countries).
Arrival. When the plane lands (=arrives on the ground), you have to wait for it to stop. When the doors are open, you get off the plane and walk through the terminal building and go to the baggage reclaim where you collect your luggage. You then pass through customs (green = nothing to declare; red = goods to declare; blue = European Union citizens). If you are lucky, you can then get a bus, taxi or train to the centre of town without waiting too long. You can also hire a car (= rent a car) at most airports.
Complete the words or phrases below using the words from the box
| off control free card baggage in lounge reclaim locker | |
| 1. boarding _________ 2. baggage _________ 3. excess _________ 4. passport _________ 5. hand _________ | 6. duty ________ 7. overhead ________ 8. take-_________ 9. departure ________ 10. check-________ |
What do you call
1. The place where you go when you arrive at the airport with your luggage?
2. The card they give you with the seat number on it?
3. The money you have to pay if your luggage is very heavy?
4. The place where you sit and have a drink when you are waiting for your light to be called?
5. The bags you carry onto the plane with you?
6. The place above your head where you can put your hand luggage?
7. The part of the airport where the plane accelerates and takes off?
8. The people who look after you on the plane?
9. The part of the airport you walk through when you arrive or depart?
10. The place you collect your luggage after you land?
Think about flying (from check-in to the time you leave the airport at your destination) and answer the questions. If possible, discuss your answers with someone else
1. What is the most interesting part, and what is the most boring?
2. Where do you often have delays and why?
3. Is there any part that frightens or worries you?
4. What do you usually do during most flights?
5. Do you always eat the food they give you?
6. Is there one thing which would improve flying and make the experience more interesting?
Study the information about Present Continuous, ask your teacher if you have any questions
Present Continuous
Present Continuous употребляется для выражения действия, длящегося в настоящий момент или период. Указание на время типа now (сейчас), at the moment (в данный момент) может быть либо выражено, либо подразумеваться.
Так же Present Continuous употребляется для выражения личных планов в будущем времени.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
| + | - | ? |
| S+am/is/are +Ving | S +am/is/are +not+Ving | am/is/are + S+Ving |
Слова, указывающие на время Present Continuous:
at the moment – в данный момент; now – сейчас; during / while -в то время как, for – за (какое-то время).
С глаголами, которые обозначают не действие, а состояние, Present Continuous обычно не употребляется:
| to feel (чувствовать); to be (быть, находиться); to live (жить); to stay (оставаться); to hear (слышать); to see (видеть); | to know (знать); to remember (помнить); to think (думать); to want (хотеть); to like (любить, нравиться); to love (любить). |
Example: I am reading at the moment. – Я сейчас читаю.
She is singing now. – Она сейчас поет.
Are you staying here for long? – Вы здесь на долго?
He is not doing any research now. – Он не занимается ни какими исследованиями сейчас.
